The Academy of Art University comics faculty would like to review portfolios consisting of comic book work, sequential art, visual narratives, storyboards, cartooning, mainstream (superheroes), alternative, autobiographical, political and editorial work, conceptual art, character designs and commercial illustration.
Arch Enemy Entertainment is looking for pencilers, colorists, conceptual artists, and cover artists. At this time they are not looking for inkers. Any pencilers who can color are of high interest, as well as those who can color and letter. We welcome all art types. We are looking for motivated, professional, and driven individuals who have a love for their craft, the entertainment industry, and the comic book medium.
Lucasfilms' Troy Alders, now art director at Disney Consumer Products, is conducting portfolio reviews, providing critiques, and offering tips to graphic designers. Bring a portfolio selection of your best design work in and see if you have what it takes to create art for the ever-expanding Star Wars galaxy. Graphic Design degree is a plus.
Nickelodeon is always looking for talent! Opportunities include 2D and CG positions in character design, background design, background paint, storyboarding, color styling, effects, flash art, production management, and more.
Nickelodeon Talent Development is asking if you're an aspiring designer or storyboard artist for animated television to come by to get feedback on your portfolio for submission to the Nickelodeon Artist Program. If you're an aspiring comedy TV writer, you can also find out more about the Nickelodeon Writing Program.
Petrol Advertising has SVP Art Babayan and CCO/President Alan Hunter reviewing portfolios, looking for new talent with traditional and digital skills. This is an opportunity to work with the creative industry's recognized leader in the video game space. There will be career opportunities in both illustration and art direction.
Titan Comics is rapidly expanding its range of creator-owned and licensed comics. They're seeking writers, artists, and creative teams. If you're self-published, feel free to drop off a sample.
Whatnot Entertainment, Inc. will be looking for character designers, background designers, animators, colorists, in-betweeners, compositers, writers, and comic book artists, as well as game designers and programmers. The company will be producing graphic novels, an animated series, a gaming platform, and a feature in the next year. Also at the table: Arsenal Media, who will be looking for artists, animators, and writers to represent; and Nebulae Entertainment, who are launching an animation division and will be interviewing animators and designers.
LEGO Systems, Inc. art director Joe Dinunzio will be reviewing portfolios of illustrators and storyboard, comics, and 3D artists as well as copywriters to discover experienced and innovative freelance talent who wish to work on various forms of communication for internal and licensed product lines. This year the primary focus will be on finding freelance illustrators to work on illustrated content for LEGO Friends projects, comics illustrators (ink and color samples, sequentials, and cover art), and 3D artists proficient in MAYA and VRay. Please bring examples of your strongest and most recent work as well as any LEGO-themed/inspired content you have created, to show how you would handle working with the LEGO brand. Lastly, please have a business card with your website/online portfolio and contact information.
Hermes Press is interested in reviewing portfolios for pencilers, inks, colorists and writers. Hermes Press produces contemporary comic books and graphic novels using licensed properties and creator owned material. Interviewing will be Hermes Press' Publisher, Production Manager and Graphic Designer. Some of those interviewed will be scheduled for a second meeting at our booth, 1821-1823.
Revolution Comics is in need of colorists and a penciler, and that is all. They are willing to look at all colorists and pencilers who have a ready portfolio and recent works to present.
HasbroToy Company's Transformers department is looking for: graphic designers, comic book illustrators, and 3D animators, both U.S. and internationally based. They invite both individual freelancers and design firms.
Cloud Imperium Games' team who review and edit the short stories that appear on the Star Citizen website and in Jump Point magazine will be reviewing short stories and story extracts of up to 2000 words. They are interested in seeing both narrative and dialogue. Learn more about them at http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com.
Humanoids, an international publishing house with a presence in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, is renowned for the high quality of its graphic novels. With titles by artists such as M
Space Goat's International Comic Art Talent Search comes to San Diego. Space Goat is the comic industry's premier talent agency and production studio. Clients get jobs at Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, IDW, BOOM! Studios, and other top publishers. If you have professional-quality samples, Space Goat can help. They want to see comic book story pages in pencil, pencil & ink, or color. They're not interested in a portfolio full of pinup art. They want to see professionals and talented artists ready to be professionals.
Studio Lo Mismo is an independent sci-fi feature film company seeking concept artists (characters, props, environments), storyboard artists, 3D modelers, 3D animators, 3D textures, lighting and rigging, 2D animators, motion graphics designers and other illustrators.